GaryJohn

ABOUT ME

City:chicago

Real Name:Gary

Future Brews:Kolsch, Porter, IPA

Primary:Kolsch

Bottled:IPA, Heather Ale, Gruit, RIS

Gender:Male

Status:In a Relationship

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Traditional Dutch beer? on 09-30-2013 at 06:11 PMVery excellent. This is exactly the type of info I was looking for when I started this thread,
and the info is still relevant to my interests.Thanks for posting and for being brave enough to
resurrect...

Posted in thread: Why brew a lager? on 01-28-2013 at 07:42 PMHmmm, good reasonings and insights so far, thanks!I know there many different types of
delicious lagers out there... I was more thinking along the lines of "I want to brew a
Celebrator clone...why wou...

Posted in thread: Why brew a lager? on 01-28-2013 at 05:27 PMYou'll have to pardon my ignorance on this one, but I'm wondering why people brew lagers over
ales. If its a clean taste profile that is desired, won't a clean-fermenting ale yeast do?Is
the extra equ...

Posted in thread: IPA bottling question on 01-07-2013 at 10:53 PMwhat was the FG? Did they ferment out all the way?What kind of yeast did you use? Sometimes
very big beers with a lot of unfermentable sugars may taste sweet.

Posted in thread: What constitutes "big"? (Plus, pics from my 1st brew day) on 01-02-2013 at 08:14 PMI consider a "big" beer to be anything that is 7%abv and up.When I brew these beers I let them
sit in the fermentor a couple weeks so the yeast can clean up after a heavier fermentation. I
also bottle...

Posted in thread: Green/clear bottles blocking UV light on 06-13-2012 at 06:34 PMWhy do beers like Rolling Rock and Heineken come in green, and Miller in clear?If it was an
issue, wouldn't those companies avoid it?It's to make the product LOOK more appealing on the
shelf. They don...

Posted in thread: Green/clear bottles blocking UV light on 06-13-2012 at 05:41 PMI spoke with a man who works in packaging, and he has worked in high positions for San Miguel
brewing company in the Philippines.He states that clear and green beer bottles block UV light,
because the...